Ruling-blotter.



No- 799,818. PATENTED SEPT. 19, 1905.

J. L. WOOD. RULING BLOTTER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7,1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN L. WOOD, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

RULlNG-BLOTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1905.

Application filed September '7, 1904. Serial No. 223.598.

To all whom. it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN L. VVooD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ruling-Blotters, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to a ruling-blotter. 1t has for its object to provide a blottingpad having on one face a measure, a calendar, and spaces for advertising matter, and a straight-edge secured along its edge to afford ready and convenient means for ruling straight lines with a pencil or pen.

It has for a further object to provide ablotter of the character set forth combining ad vantages in point of simplicity, inexpensiveness, and general utility.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View; Fig. 2, an enlarged end view; Fig. 3, an enlarged fragmentary detail view thereof; Fig. A, an enlarged end view of a modified form. Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary detail view of the modified form.

Corresponding parts in all the figures are denoted by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a blotting-pad of any desired dimensions, on the face 2 of which along the edge are graduations forming a measure 3. Below said .measure is a calendar 4, and below the calendar are a number of spaces 5 to have advertising matter printed thereon.

A straight-edge 6 is provided along the edge of the blotting-pad having the graduations and consists of a round strip 7 of metal or other suitable material secured thereto by a binding-strip 8 of oiled silk, oiled paper, or other suitable material, so that it will project above the face 2 of the blotting-pad and come practically flush with the other face thereof, said binding-strip 8 inclosing the strip 7 and having its edges secured to the opposite faces of the blotting-pad by glue or cement.

Referring to the modification, this form of my invention only differs from that shown by the other views in that the straight-edge consists of an angular strip 10 of metal or other suitable material secured to the blotting-pad by a strip 11 of oiled silk, oiled paper, or other suitable material, so that it will project above the face 2 of the blotting-pad and come practically flush with the other face, said binding-strip inclosing the strip 10 and having its edges secured together and secured to one face of the blotting-pad by glue or cement.

It will be understood that the strips 7 and 8 strengthen the blotting-pad, and thereby prolong its life, and that by reason of these strips projecting beyond the surface 2 thereof the .ink is prevented from disfiguring the calendar, measure, and advertising matter thereon and from spreading over the surface of the book or paper being ruled off.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A ruling-blotter comprising the pad,.a strip of relatively hard material forming a straight-edge extending along the edge of the pad, and means connected with said strip and with the pad and adhesively securing said members together.

2. A ruling-blotter comprising the pad, a strip of relatively hard material forming a straight-edge extending along the edge of the pad, a binding of flexible material connecting said edge strip to the pad, and means for adhesively securing said flexible strip in its binding position.

3. A ruling-blotter comprising the pad, a strip of relatively. hard material forming a straight-edge extending along the edge of the pad, and a binding-strip of flexible material surrounding said edgestrip and having its ends or edges projecting therefrom and secured to the pad.

4. A ruling-blotter comprising the pad, a strip of relatively hard material forming a straight-edge extending along the edge of the pad, a binding-strip of flexible material surrounding said edge strip and having its ends straight-edge extending along the edge of the and pad together, whereby the edge strip and pad, and a binding-strip surrounding and inbinding means involve no material projecclosing said edge stripand secured to the pad. tion except at one face of the pad.

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the other face of the pad, and a relatively CHARLES F. BOLAWN, IO thin binding-strip connecting the edge strip J. H. POWER. 

